Irven Green and Robert Benjamin Smith v. United States of America, Arnold Jack Johnson v. United States

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• concluding that the Allen charge was coercive because it told the jury that it is the duty of the minority to listen to the argument of the majority with some distrust of their own judgment because the rule is that the majority will have better judgment than the mere minority
• holding Allen charge coercive that told jury it is duty of minority to listen to argument of majority with some distrust of their own judgment because rule is that majority will have better judgment than mere minority
• holding Allen charge coercive that told jury it is duty of minority to listen to argument of majority with some distrust of their own judgment because rule is that majority will have better judgment than mere minority
• holding Allen charge was coercive that told jury that it is the duty of the minority to listen to the argument of the majority with some distrust of their own judgment because the rule is that the majority will have better judgment than the mere minority
• holding Allen charge was coercive that told jury that it is the duty of the minority to listen to the argument of the majority with some distrust of their own judgment because the rule is that the majority will have better judgment than the mere minority
• Charge stating it is minority’s duty to listen to arguments of the majority with distrust of their own judgment, since majority will have better judgment than the mere minority, exceeded permissible limits

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